Financial Controller
- Employer
- Hays A&F
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Salary
- £80000.00 - £90000.00 per annum
- Closing date
- Nov 29, 2019
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- Job Role
- Controller
- Sector
- Nonprofit
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Leading national charity seeking exceptional Financial Controller- Bhm, Mch, Leeds, Ldn, Sheff,
Financial Controller for a large Charity can be based in Leeds, Birmingham, Brighton, Manchester, or Sheffield.
Hays are delighted to be working in partnership with a large national charity who deliver a broad range of safe, high quality health and social care services to those in need. They are looking to recruit a high-calibre, operationally focused Financial Controller to oversee the provision of a high-quality finance function including the provision of financial information that facilitates timely and informed decision making.
The role
Reporting to the CFO you will have 2 direct reports who lead a wider team of 26 across transactional finance and management accounting.
- Lead the day to day activities of the Finance function to ensure accurate and timely management information is provided to frontline services.
- Oversee the transaction processing teams ensuring we pay our people and our suppliers on time in full.
- Provide support to the Chief Finance Officer on strategic projects and on satisfying the requirements of the Trustee Board.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop a business partnering focused finance function, providing the Charity with insightful financial information.
- Budgeting and forecasting:
- Management reporting:
- Statutory reporting:
- Control environment/governance:
- Tender/bid support:
- Staff management
Person Specification Essential criteria:
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
- Leadership experience of a finance function in a large complex organisation.
- Able to demonstrate delivery of change in a dynamic organisation, with focus on Service Users (or customers).
- Strong IT skills and experience of implementing technological solutions.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Experience of working within a Project/programme/portfolio environment with an understanding of project management principles.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex financial matters in simple terms.
- Ability to work and manage in a pressurised environment with competing priorities; a self-starter, pro-active with initiative, taking ownership and responsibility for own work.
- A proven ability to influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders from a wide range of areas.
- Commercially capable - able to make sound decisions and recommendations based on a positive outcome; to be able to see the bigger organisational picture.
- Awareness and experience of the demands of public sector contract providers and grant funders.
Personal qualities:
- Ability to work as part of a team whilst (potentially) working remotely from the main central Finance Team.
- Able to clearly explain financial matters to non-financial managers.
- Able to gain the confidence of staff from different areas of the business and at different levels.
- Confident with excellent and effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to respond flexibly to the demands of the post.
- Values based behaviours, with a strong focus on the ethos of the Charity
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